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There are more than 100,000 residents in the state of Florida who openly identify as transgender. How will they vote?
Read More »Transgender People Weigh In On What Will Decide Their 2020 Vote
The Point, Dec. 5, 2019: ‘Retreat’ From Areas Prone To Sea Level Rise Could Become More Common In The Florida Keys
The New York Times reports on decisions in Monroe County that signal a reticence to keep building in areas prone to sea level rise.
Read More »Controversy Emerges Over Plan To House Howard Bishop Middle School Students At Other School Campus
Forty-two Alachua County schools are being renovated in 12 years, and the speed is causing some tension and pain between the district, parents and people who live near schools like Westwood.
Read More »The Point, Dec. 3, 2019: Buried Alive: The Story Of The Heroic Rescue That Saved A Gainesville Construction Worker
Interviews and government records about the case provide significant new details about the nightmarish accident.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 27, 2019: More Questions Emerge About Another Recent Election In Marion County
There are even larger questions in Ocala than in McIntosh.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 25, 2019: Gene Therapy Work Gets $6 Million Home In Alachua
Thermo Fisher Scientific has concluded its $6 million expansion at Progress Park in Alachua.
Read More »Peer Respite: A Home Not Just For The Holidays
Peer Respite offers free mental health support in a more informal, unorthodox way.
Read More »Gainesville Declares State of Emergency with Climate Proclamation
Below: listen to the radio version of this story from WUFT-FM. The city of Gainesville followed the lead of over 1,200 other communities in a climate change decision: Gainesville has declared a state of emergency. Gainesville City Commissioners voted unanimously on the decision to adopt a climate emergency proclamation. The …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 21, 2019: More Immigrants In Alachua County This Year Are Being Turned Over To Federal Officials
Gov. Ron DeSantis in June signed a law banning sanctuary cities in Florida. One man's deportation case followed shortly thereafter.
Read More »The Battle of Bone Valley: Part I, The Case Tolling Florida’s Smallest County
A multi-family phosphate mining company is suing Union County for $298.75 million because of the county’s recent land-use limitations.
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